Slow Inflow of Imported Wheat
Ministry of Agriculture disclosed
that about 2 million tons (mt) or
40% of the ordered 5.5 mt will reach
India by mid-November at various
ports—Mumbai, Chennai,
Visakhapatanam, Kandla, and Mundhra.<More>

Action to Increase Wheat Production
India has formulated an Action Plan
to increase production and
productivity of wheat by targeting
50% of wheat cultivation areas in
138 districts of Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal.<More>

SC Creamy Layer Definition
Introduced first in 1992 by the Supreme Court (SC), the creamy layer concept
was defined as those who were children of the elite of the Other Backward
Classes (OBC) and has now been extended to cover those who are in the
Scheduled Castes and Tribes too.<More>

High Infant Mortality in Bihar: UNICEF Survey
A survey conducted by UNICEF estimates that about 400
infants below the age of 1 with 2/3rds of those children
within a month die every day in Bihar due to causes that
could be easily prevented through simple intervention
programs.<More>

China Rejects Media Reports on Brahmaputra Dam
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao refuted
media reports saying that China has “no plans” to divert
billions of cubic feet of water from the Brahmaputra (Yalung
Zangbo) to the Yellow River to feed rain-starved areas
of the North.<More>

Terrorism, Defense, Security and Science &
Technology

ISRO Floats Manned Space Mission Proposal
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Chairman G. Madhavan Nair apparently made a
“registration of intent” to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh about sending an Indian astronaut
into space on a home-made capsule using an
Indian launch vehicle.<More>

2 Experimental Satellites from China
China successfully launched 2 space environment
exploration satellites with a life-span of 2
years and manufactured by Shanghai Academy of
Spaceflight Technology and China’s DFH Satellite
Co Ltd on its Long March-4B carrier rockets.<More>

Neighbors

Pre-cursor to Lanka Talks in Geneva
As an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team left
for Geneva , important information surrounding the
Southern Consensus arrived between dominant political
parties stressing on political settlement to the ethnic
strife is emanating.<More>

Impact of China’s Dam on NE & SE Asia
Reacting to recent media reports that China is planning
to construct a dam across the Brahmaputra and divert 200
billion cubic meters of water into the Yellow River,
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi notified Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on its impact.<More>

World

India, Japan to Boost Ties
With 2007 being considered for designation
as Japan-Indian Friendship Year, India and
Japan are planning to boost their bilateral
relations to realize its “full potential” by
enhancing “strategic orientation” of their
“global partnership.”<More>

Sudan Expels UN Envoy over Blog
Looking for an excuse to rid the UN of its
soil to pursue its unholy war on innocent
ethnic Africans, Sudan expelled UN envoy for
authoring a blog that reported a serious
Sudanese army reversal in fighting
insurgents in Northern Darfur.<More>

Trying not to get dragged into the controversy
over the quality of evidence on the 7/11 Mumbai
blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted
that India had “credible evidence” and the joint
mechanism with Pakistan was a “trial and
experiment.”